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SUR Employees Clean Up
Restaurateurs Ken and Lisa Todd recently agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit against them for not adequately compensating employees. The Todds own, co-own, and operate numerous restaurants in Los Angeles, London, and Las Vegas. Throughout Lisa’s run on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, countless scenes were shot at the Todd’s L.A. establishments. Most notable is SUR, which launched the spin-off series, Vanderpump Rules, now in it’s ninth season.
The spin-off show follows several servers and bartenders actors from multiple Todd-owned restaurants, focusing on workplace and relationship drama. The most notable restaurant locations are found in West Hollywood, including Villa Blanca, SUR, Pump, and Tom Tom. For Lisa and Ken, the Vanderpump dynasty of 36 restaurants has been very lucrative throughout the years, and the couple decided to expand to cities outside of Los Angeles.
Court documents revealed that the ex-RHOBH housewife created an agreement after a class-action lawsuit was filed against her and Ken, which related to issues over employee wages. While Vanderpump Rules fans are accustomed to workplace drama, the allegations against Lisa and Ken extend farther than the lighthearted antics revealed on the Bravo series. Adam Antoine, a former employee of Lisa’s, filed the class-action suit against the married couple and their business, Pinky Beverly Hills LLC in December 2019. Filing on behalf of himself and other former employees of Lisa’s, Antoine has accused the RHOBH couple of not paying their employees their wages, and not providing adequate meal breaks during their work shifts. Adam wasn’t a cast member on Vanderpump Rules, but he did work at SUR until December 24th, 2018.
According to Antoine, these accusations have been an issue for numerous years, with Lisa allegedly refusing to officially answer the lawsuit against her. The suit accuses Lisa and Ken of manipulating and editing time cards to display fewer hours worked, and not providing State of California-sanctioned breaks. A total of 153 former Vanderpump employees are represented within the class action lawsuit, and all employees working under the couple since December 2015 are considered class members. On November 12, Antoine informed courts that he had finally settled with Lisa and Ken, using a mediator between the parties to avoid a potentially expensive trial. Even though Lisa and Ken deny the accusations and refuse to admit to violating any labor laws, the RHOBH stars agreed to pay a quarter of a million dollars to settle the case.
I have to imagine that somewhere, Cedric, Taylor, Chef Bernie, Adrienne, Brandi, Yalonda, Lisa Rinna, Eileen, Mauricio, Kyle, Dorit, PK, Stassi, Kristen, Jax, and Britanny (just to name a few) are laughing their A's off.
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